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by vmh1928 6y ago
Only if the people getting the pennies demanded them in exchange for not cutting internet cables. Countries in the early 20th Century that did not have social programs, Russia, Germany after WW1, found large masses of discontented and starv
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by vmh1928 6y ago
Yes, search on Montana Mask. The 3D files are available and you could print them at home. Part of the mask is the filter holder which you can stuff with N1900 or greater furnace filters, vacuum cleaner HEPA bags or whatever. Edit- sorry,
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by vmh1928 7y ago
I'd imagine a lot of the problems are due to the increased volume. So that would show up as abends due to exceeding data set size definitions in JCL, VSAM, IMS or DB2 (or even IDMS and the other database technologies in use 20 - 30 ye
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by vmh1928 7y ago
I used to mow 1/2 acre of Bermuda grass at least once a week from May - October on a riding mower. Would take 2 1/2 hours. I used the n95's you get at Home Depot and would reuse them for many weeks and probably could have co
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by vmh1928 7y ago
In Arizona, Mayo Clinic, Sonora Quest Laboratories, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff are rolling out their own tests. Official test kits from the CDC are in woefully short supply, under 200 right now, and only
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by vmh1928 7y ago
The csv file has the URL to the original picture. Since most(all?) of them are from Wikipedia/Wikimedia commons each picture has its own page which includes metadata about the picture. This does seem like a "tragedy of the common
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by vmh1928 7y ago
It's almost a "frozen o-rings" moment.
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by vmh1928 7y ago
One reason is that in the old days people would run out of money before the next payday. The other is as an alternative to giving your kid cash to go buy something for dinner.
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by vmh1928 7y ago
more information from last summer here. Reference to a geospatial model used for a couple of the glaciers plus historical / modern photos showing physical changes in glaciers. https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/n
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by vmh1928 7y ago
while not a prediction as to an exact date (since it's based on historical information,) these pictures and accompanying article provide some guidance. Also a link to a geospatial model used for two of the glaciers. https:/&#x2F
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by vmh1928 7y ago
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Dental plaque is a biofilm. The point of flossing is to break up the biofilm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_plaque Here's a study (just read the summary here) that says a water jet (waterpik brand,) is eff
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Unit cohesion is the key element here and the idea that is transferable to other endeavors. Cortez probably realized his army was a collection of soldiers of fortune and other rogue elements and lacked the cohesion to engage serious adversa
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Interesting story about a group of UC Santa Cruz students using slight tilts in roulette wheels which increased the probability of the ball falling in specific sectors the wheel. http://physics.ucsc.edu/people/eudaemons
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by vmh1928 7y ago
In this interview, Pivotal CEO Rob Mee talks about the challenges with managing the adoption of Kubernetes. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/29/pivotal_ceo_intervi...
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Capitalism is about the allocation of capital in society. The article tries to make the point that Capitalism depends on ever increasing markets and/or labor forces. Capitalism is a self-organizing system and will allocate capital fo
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by vmh1928 7y ago
There was just a thread on here about the attack surfaces of an iPhone. While the article didn't mention the brand of phone one wonders if it's possible to access the phone or at least plant phone unlocking malware via an sms or
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by vmh1928 7y ago
With a digital license plate it should be possible to display a random number or no number while in those locations(work or mall parking lots, your driveway, etc.,) where there is no legal requirement to show the plate number. Alternativel
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by vmh1928 7y ago
There's an interesting parallel here by Nassim Taleb, author of several books the most famous of which might be The Black Swan. In this article, a chapter from an in-progress book, he contends that the most intolerant faction will eve
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by vmh1928 7y ago
While the article and the other comments are about military uses this could also be used for physical access security instead of finger or iris (or badge.) The next question would be if there is a way to spoof someone else's heartbeat
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Recall that the Ptolemaic Kingdom was created out of the break-up of the Alexander the Great's empire. The Wikipedia article gives 320BC to 30BC. Its leaders were Macedonian Greeks. The Greeks had trading cities along the Italian Pe
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by vmh1928 7y ago
or even read the description below the video.
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by vmh1928 7y ago
The book about pre-war Berlin, "In the Garden of Beasts" recounts the experience of American Ambassador to Germany, William Dodd. As ambassador he and his family had many direct encounters with the German government of the time.
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by vmh1928 7y ago
So you provide as evidence an article from July of last year?
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by vmh1928 7y ago
The concept of Normalization of Deviance was mentioned in this thread in March about some comments made on Twitter by a software engineer about the 737 Max crashes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19414775
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by vmh1928 7y ago
fwiw here's a picture of the attic above the vaults: http://manuelcohen.photoshelter.com/image/I0000l4VZKzgXgcI
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by vmh1928 7y ago
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is one in peril from both politics/religion and physical condition. Visit soon if you have any interest in ever seeing it.
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by vmh1928 8y ago
Yes. There's a bit of survivor bias in this story and a tendency to look back and think the outcome was inevitable. Although, if you look at the story of the PC Division, there are similarities even though the scale and risk are diffe
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by vmh1928 8y ago
Remember that IBM had a long history building time clocks, card punch / sorter equipment and cash registers. All mechanical devices. Going from that to a device with a few moving parts that shot bullets was not a huge leap.
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by vmh1928 8y ago
Using an oral irrigation device like a Waterpik can get the particles between the teeth and in pockets under the gum line that brushing and flossing don't get. You'd be surprised, if you don't Waterpik regularly, at how many

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